US Motorola “declares” Crete an independent country…

US-based telecommunications giant Motorola Solutions unofficially claimed that the island of  Crete is an independent country. On a careers website, Motorola seeks experienced personnel for Information Technology and describes the position field as:

Scope of Responsibilities/Expectations:
Provide direct technical support to the customer(s) to which the FSR is assigned. Possible sites include but are not limited to the following countries: Spain, Italy, Crete, Bahrain, (Djibouti), or (Jebel Ali). Provide remote and onsite technical assistance, expertise, and collaboration to customer….

Stupid mistake? Sheer illeteracy? Something else? I would seek experienced staff  for my personnel department.
The ‘news’ story was submitted to Greek  fimotro.blogspot.com by somebody who was searching the international labour market.